On the Paniai Shooting Incident

Five residents of Enarotali, Paniai District of the Papua Province, were shot dead by officials from the Indonesian National Police (Polri) and the Indonesian Army (TNI) in December 2014. The incident took a place at the Karel Gobay field of Paniai District. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo took his time to respond to the incident. The President finally told a crowd in Papua on Dec. 27, during a Christmas Celebration, that the Paniai shooting was unacceptable and deplorable. [Continue reading]